In order to burnout the investment mold later on in the process I need a burnout oven. I decided to buy a small oven that is big enough to be used also for jewelry projects. These ovens are very expensive and big if their purpose is ceramics but I found a reasonable priced one that seems to be made for “my” purpose.
My requirements in choosing an oven were:
1. At least 11oo degrees celcius (2000 degrees fahrenheit).
2. Programmable cycles because it seems like the investment needs a certain heating procedure.
3. Big enough for the flute mouth piece, flute nest and for my other jewelry projects but not too big for my garage 😉
4. Not too expensive.
It came yesterday and today I want to set it up. It need to go through an initial burnout to prepare the material inside the oven. This initial step is important to make the oven last longer. One issue that I had was the fact that the product was only available in 110V (US standard). BTW can’t we change to ONE standard? Anyway … I needed to buy a step-down transformer that has enough power (I hope) to run the oven with 220V in Germany.
I found a video on youtube that guided me through the steps of programming the burnout cycles (click here). As I am writing it is heating up and smoking a lot. Scary … It will take 70 minutes until it is done … I am doing all this in the garden and have a fire extinguisher close by!
Meanwhile the initial burning cycle is done and my house is till standing … It smoked but did everything as expected. It looks a little burned inside but I guess that’s what to expect. I will now store the oven until I am ready to use it for the mold burnout at some point. I am very excited that the first step is done and can’t wait for the next ones!
